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Liberty, Indiana - 4 schools
An equity score of 56/100 ranks Union Co/Clg Corner Joint Sch Dist #147 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,508 per pupil, Union Co/Clg Corner Joint Sch Dist ranks #135 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,295
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,508
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Union Co/Clg Corner Joint Sch Dist operates 4 public schools serving 1,295 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Union County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,508 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 32.2% local, 51.0% state, and 16.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 56/100, ranked #147 of 373 in Indiana against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 168.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 21.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.8% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Union County Middle School, with a diversity index of 10.8/100.
Its largest campus is Liberty Elementary School, enrolling 367 students (29% of the district's total enrollment).
Liberty Elementary School accounts for 28.3% of all Union Co/Clg Corner Joint Sch Dist student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Union Co/Clg Corner Joint Sch Dist-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Union Co/Clg Corner Joint Sch Dist student-counselor ratio is 169:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Union Co/Clg Corner Joint Sch Dist chronic absenteeism rate is 21.9% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Union Co/Clg Corner Joint Sch Dist is typically wider than the Union Co/Clg Corner Joint Sch Dist-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Union Co/Clg Corner Joint Sch Dist's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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